34 [February, 



Resolved J That the thanks of the Academy be presented to Dr. 

 Ruschenberger for the labor he has bestowed in the preparation of the 

 able and faithful Notice read by him before the Society, and that he be 

 requested to furnish a copy of the same to the Committee on Proceed- 

 ings for publication. 



Resolved, That a Committee of three members be appointed to com- 

 municate the foregoing Resolutions to Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Committee, Mr. Vaux, Dr. Bridges and Mr. Pearsall. 



The Rev. Mr. Langstroth read a paper entitled, "On the impreg- 

 nation of the eggs of the Queen Bee ;" which being intended for publi- 

 cation in the Proceedings, was referred to Dr. Leidy, Dr. Le Conte and 

 Dr. Fisher. 



Dr. Le Conte presented for publication in the Proceedings, the fol- 

 lowing papers : " Hints towards a Natural Classification of the family 

 Histrini of Coleopterous Insects ;" " Synopsis of the Parnidae of the 

 United States -j" " Synopsis of the Eucnemidee of Temperate North 

 America ;" all of which were referred to the following Committee : Dr. 

 Bridges, Dr. Leidy and Dr. Elwyn. 



A letter was read from the Librarian of the British Museum, dated 

 Jan. 19th, 1852, acknowledging the receipt of No. 10, Vol. 6, of the 

 Proceedings. 



Also a letter from the Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm, 

 dated April 20th, 1851, acknowledging the receipt of No. 12, Vol. 4, 

 and No. 1, Vol. 5, of the Proceedings. 



And a second letter from the same, of same date, accompanying copies 

 of the Transactions and Bulletin of that Institution for 1849 and '50. 



Dr. Leidy presented, for the inspection of the members, an interesting speci- 

 men of a fossil turtle, from the collection of Dr. D. D. Owen, made in Nebraska 

 territory, and sent to him, for examination, by the Smithsonian Institute. It 

 proves the existence of a species distinct from any of those before described from 

 the same region, for which the name Emys Ctdbertsonii is proposed. Its mea- 

 surements are as follows : 



Length of the five vertebral scutes, . . .17 inches. 



Transverse breadth of carapace in curve, 

 Height, ..... 

 Length of middle vertical scute, 

 Breadth < < 



Mr. Phillips announced that the collection of Minerals of the late 

 Mr. Gilmore, of Baltimore, was for sale. 



February Vltli. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read from the Secretary of the Trustees of the New 

 York State Library, acknowledging the receipt of No. 12, Vol. 6, of the 

 Proceedings, and of a copy of Dr. Meigs' Memoir of Dr. Morton. 



From the Geological Society of London, dated June 24th and Nov. 

 6th, 1851, returning thanks for copies of late Nos. of the Proceedings. 



Mr. Vaux, on behalf of the Committee on the subject, read a commu- 



